Why is Europe called Europe? Why is Mesopotamia known as the Fertile Crescent? Why did East India Company appoint Gomasthas in India? Why was it called the Danelaw? Why is Antarctica sometimes called the home of the wind? Why are the Lakota called the Sioux?
being a trading body in the regions of Southeast Asia, East Asia, and India. Although, the Company faced competition between the Portuguese in India and the Dutch in Southeast Asia, they were able to successfully begin trading goods such as spices, silk, cotton, and indigo back to Europe. ...